StrengthsFinder® Training in San Antonio, Texas. Team BuildingChris Meade2018-04-30T21:28:17+00:00

StrengthsFinder® Training in San Antonio, Texas. Team Building

Gallup-Certified StrengthsFinder Facilitator-- Chris Meade, PhD

StrengthsFinder 2.0 has become a popular tool for conducting team building at corporations and non-profit organizations around the globe. The #1 Wall Street Journal and Business Week bestseller, the StrengthsFinder training seminar helps individuals and teams understand, apply, and integrate their strengths into their respective roles. StrengthsFinder 2.0 helps individuals and teams discover their unique talents for greater team engagement, performance, and improved business outcomes. More than 12 million people have taken StrengthsFinder around the world.

StrengthsFinder Workshop Takeaways:

Gain greater self-awareness and team alignment

Increase employee engagement and business productivity

Gain techniques to address team challenges

Understand how to build effective team partnerships

Transform relationships in the workplace

Increase individual and team performance

Use strengths to improve results and reach goals

Experience an energizing and fun session

StrengthsFinder Team Workshop in San Antonio, Texas:

This interactive StrengthsFinder workshop is an excellent supplemental professional development program for your organization, work-team, staff retreat or corporate team-building event. The StrengthsFinder 2.0 training seminar can be presented in a 2 hour, half-day (3-4 hour) or full-day (7-8 hour) block of time and can be conducted at your organization, a San Antonio area hotel, or offsite.

Two StrengthsFinder Workshops:

(1) Engaging Employees & Teams Through Strengths

A half-day (3-4 hour) training experience is offered and geared to help employees discover how they can use and develop their natural strengths and talents to bring out their best contribution to the organization as an individual, a team member, and/or team leader. We focus in on each participant’s Top 5 Signature Strengths as we cover all 34 talents. We also look at how to work more effectively as a team as we profile team strengths within your unique organization. A customized team talent map and supplemental materials are provided.

(2) Developing Strengths-Based Managers & Teams

A full-day (7-8 hour) training experience is offered for managers and supervisors. Your managers will first discover and unlock the potential of their own talents and strengths and then learn how to use their strengths to manage, develop, coach and motivate strengths-based teams. Managers and supervisors learn The 4 Keys of Great Managers and 8 Secrets to Building Strong Teams. This workshop equips supervisors, managers and directors to maximize the potential of each employee under their leadership and supervision in order to deepen employee engagement, increase team productivity and drive business results across their department.

Dr. Christopher Meade is a Gallup-Certified StrengthsFinder coach, trainer and facilitator. He specializes in building strong leaders and developing healthy teams. He has coached over 1,000+ people through their StrengthsFinder results and facilitated trainings for a 100+ teams/organizations. Some of his recent clients include: Nike, Microsoft, Salesforce, Walmart eCommerce, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, and Ohio University. Chris’ expertise is in front of the room leading team trainings, workshops, keynotes and retreats with corporate and government clients across all industries. Chris is also an author, entrepreneur, MBA professor, corporate trainer, and a motivational keynote speaker. He speaks regularly at conferences, conventions, staff retreats, and team-building training events in the San Antonio, Texas area, and throughout the United States and China.

Knowledge, insights, advice, and leadership

“Thank you for sharing your StrengthsFinder knowledge, insights, advice, and leadership with our 62 managers, supervisors, directors and VPs of our Progressive team. Several participates have expressed their appreciation for what was taught. In fact, there are a few executives that are considering hosting a similar training for their teams too. We will certainly keep you in mind for our other professional development modules in the future. Some of our executives may be requesting your services again! Director and VP of Executive Team, Progressive Leasing

Our teams are excited and energized

Thank you again for facilitating our StrengthsFinder training session. Our teams are excited and energized with what we learned about ourselves and each other. Thank you for the coaching…much appreciated! We will definitely utilize it. Francis Gonzalez, Global Footwear Planning, Nike

Pleasantly surprised by the results

This was great having you join us. We were pleasantly surprised by the results. I’ve gotten only positive feedback from the supervisors and managers about the training. Everyone I spoke to felt they walked away with greater insight into their own leadership strengths. We enjoyed the your training yesterday! Appreciate you sharing your talents and strengths with us! Dr. Tara Fairfield, Judy Mifflin, Rana Shanefelt, Jeff Thompson – Department of Health and Human Services-USA

San Antonio, Texas: “Alamo City”

San Antonio, Texas is settled next to Leon Valley, Kerrville, Lockhart and Kirby, Texas with a population of over 1,400,000 residents. San Antonio is the seventh most populated city in the United States.

You definitely won’t be bored while staying in San Antonio. While you’re there you can take a river walk, a running tour or wander through a Japanese Tea Garden. If you have the time, you could take a bike tour and end your day with a wine tasting. Some other fun places to visit in San Antonio are Mission San Jose, San Antonio Western Shooting, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Morgan’s Wonderland, San Antonio Botanical Garden, Mission Trail and Lackland Air Force Base.

San Antonio Business Industry

The key industries in the city of San Antonio are services, manufacturing and government. The top employers in the area the San Antonio Marriott Global Reservation Sales and Customer Care, Gunn Automotive Group, Nationwide Insurance, Randolph-Brooks FCU, Security Service FCU, Medina Valley ISD, University of the Incarnate Word, Red McCombs Automotive, The Hartford, Accenture, Christus Santa Rosa Health System, Rackspace Hosting Inc., Harlandale ISD, Shertz-Cibolo- Universal City ISD and San Antonio Water System.

Gallup’s StrengthsFinder training is used in many San Antonio, Texas businesses as a corporate training event, professional development module, and talent management strategy for developing and keeping their employees and supervisors and investing in their workforce. Most use facilitators, coaches and/or certified trainers in corporate staff retreats and team building events to make the experience more powerful and applicable.

San Antonio, Texas Education and Universities

San Antonio is home to stellar universities as well. Some of the top universities/colleges in the area are University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio College, University of the Incarnate Word, University of Texas Health Science Center, Northwest Vista College, St. Mary’s University, Trinity University and Texas A&M University- San Antonio.

Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment and training is taking place in many local universities and colleges throughout San Antonio (StrengthsQuest). Many use it in freshman and first-year programs as either classes or threaded into their majors in order to help students discover their unique talents.

San Antonio Hospitality and Hotels

If you’re planning a conference or event in the San Antonio area, there are a variety of convention centers to choose from. Some of the best are Norris Conference Centers- San Antonio, Leon Valley Community & Conference, Olympia Hills Golf and Event Center, William Knox Holt Center, San Antonio Meeting Center, Oblate Renewal Center and Marriott Plaza San Antonio.

San Antonio has got you covered when it comes to hotels and accommodations! Some of the best places to stay when passing through are The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, Hotel Contessa; Hyatt Place San Antonio, Embassy Suites Riverwalk, Holiday Inn Riverwalk and Staybridge Suites San Antonio. Enjoy your time in San Antonio and go Spurs!